Who is "we"? The majority voted for pata to be president and a parliament that supported what he planned to do.Polyspora wrote:
I don’t think something can be as I’ll intended as rejecting everything we’ve been doing for years only to create your own version of it to your taste.Karmine wrote:
At least one has bad intentions.Ashton wrote:
I will say that I feel a lot of sympathy for potato.
I think some people have said things that go way beyond the scope of RP, even if it wasn't their intention to do so.
RP just simply isn't fun when people use it as an opportunity to be cruel to one another on a personal level.
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[ELECTIONS RESULTS!!!!!] OT!Elections 2025
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There's parliament elections after president.tepache mapache wrote:
is there a position for vp of the chair of the directors of supervisors of deputies of justices of governors of sherifs of north-east-shire of OT! ? ( VP of TCODOSODOJOFOSONESOOT for short) because I'd like to apply to thatPatatitta wrote:
OT! Elections 2025
Welcome to the yearly OT! Elections, where we decide a new president, all rules and phases of the election will be explained down below.something else________________________
What does the president do?
The role of OT!President gives you the ability to push a variety of changes in OT, as long as the GMTs and parliament agree with it. Some examples of actions a president can do is locking/unlocking threads, exiling users, pinning/unpinning threads, etc. You're also given control of certain OT institutions such as denizen.Who can participate?
- Any OT member who is included in OT!Eras 2024 can vote, including GMTs, electoral candidates, and current parliament members.
- Any non-GMT member who is included in OT!Eras 2024 can register to be a electoral candidate. The reason why GMTs are NOT included is because they're already part of the gov. So having a GMT be a president would just cause a dictatorship, as no separation of powers between gov and gmt would exist.
- Self voting is allowed, as honestly it wouldn't change much, the metagame would be just to not vote if you can't vote for yourself and I don't like that so self-voting allowed everyone votes for themselves it's like we didn't have a vote to begin with.
- If you're a GMT but aren’t part of OT!Eras 2024, you can't vote.
Phase One:
During this phase anyone who meets the previous requirements can register to be a presidential candidate. Just write "I register for president" or something along those lines, as long as you properly communicate that you want to be a president it works. If I miss someone please go to my house and scream at me (just tell me in the thread or dms or anywhere)
This phase will last a week. If you missed this phase, you can no longer apply for president, sorry buddy!
Also, to expedite the process of the elections, you already may start privately submitting questions for phase 2 if you wished to do so.
SUBMIT QUESTIONS
READ QUESTIONSPhase Two:
This is the interview/debate phase. Everyone may submit questions, be it publicly in the phase two thread, or anonymously, by writing the question on a automated google form/sheet that will be linked on the OP. After that, if your question isn't a complete shitpost, it will be added to a list in the phase two thread. Every presidential candidate must answer to every single whitelisted question. Their answers will also be noted in the OP.
The thread last 7 days, however, the period for uploading mandatory questions only last 6. That is because it a question were to be whitelisted last minute there may be people who may not have the chance to answer leading to a dq which would feel pretty bad. You may still ask questions during that last day tho, it's just that if someone doesn’t answer it they won’t be DQed.Phase Three:
Every eligible voter has 1 vote, most voted candidate wins, everyone who had voted must confirm that they have voted in "OT Presidential Elections 2024 - Third Phase" thread.
Each voter will be provided a unique token after they have voted. Once the results have been announced, a voter may find whom they voted for by their token listed in the voting results.
The voting period will last 7 daysOther general rules
Campaigning and making threads to boost your popularity is allowed. If you're not eligible for voting you may still make threads related to the elections. Debates are allowed.
Buying votes or gaining votes in a unfairly manner will result on a DQ.
The winner of this elections MUST immediately host the parliament elections. They can also just get someone else to do the vote but you get the point it must happen.________________________
Confirmed Candidates
-Patatitta
-Polyspora
-Scyla
-Igorsprite
-IAMACROBA
-Corne2Plum3
If the next president doesn't get rid of it completely that is.
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you can apply for parliament elections after this one is donetepache mapache wrote:
is there a position for vp of the chair of the directors of supervisors of deputies of justices of governors of sherifs of north-east-shire of OT! ? ( VP of TCODOSODOJOFOSONESOOT for short) because I'd like to apply to thatPatatitta wrote:
OT! Elections 2025
Welcome to the yearly OT! Elections, where we decide a new president, all rules and phases of the election will be explained down below.something else________________________
What does the president do?
The role of OT!President gives you the ability to push a variety of changes in OT, as long as the GMTs and parliament agree with it. Some examples of actions a president can do is locking/unlocking threads, exiling users, pinning/unpinning threads, etc. You're also given control of certain OT institutions such as denizen.Who can participate?
- Any OT member who is included in OT!Eras 2024 can vote, including GMTs, electoral candidates, and current parliament members.
- Any non-GMT member who is included in OT!Eras 2024 can register to be a electoral candidate. The reason why GMTs are NOT included is because they're already part of the gov. So having a GMT be a president would just cause a dictatorship, as no separation of powers between gov and gmt would exist.
- Self voting is allowed, as honestly it wouldn't change much, the metagame would be just to not vote if you can't vote for yourself and I don't like that so self-voting allowed everyone votes for themselves it's like we didn't have a vote to begin with.
- If you're a GMT but aren’t part of OT!Eras 2024, you can't vote.
Phase One:
During this phase anyone who meets the previous requirements can register to be a presidential candidate. Just write "I register for president" or something along those lines, as long as you properly communicate that you want to be a president it works. If I miss someone please go to my house and scream at me (just tell me in the thread or dms or anywhere)
This phase will last a week. If you missed this phase, you can no longer apply for president, sorry buddy!
Also, to expedite the process of the elections, you already may start privately submitting questions for phase 2 if you wished to do so.
SUBMIT QUESTIONS
READ QUESTIONSPhase Two:
This is the interview/debate phase. Everyone may submit questions, be it publicly in the phase two thread, or anonymously, by writing the question on a automated google form/sheet that will be linked on the OP. After that, if your question isn't a complete shitpost, it will be added to a list in the phase two thread. Every presidential candidate must answer to every single whitelisted question. Their answers will also be noted in the OP.
The thread last 7 days, however, the period for uploading mandatory questions only last 6. That is because it a question were to be whitelisted last minute there may be people who may not have the chance to answer leading to a dq which would feel pretty bad. You may still ask questions during that last day tho, it's just that if someone doesn’t answer it they won’t be DQed.Phase Three:
Every eligible voter has 1 vote, most voted candidate wins, everyone who had voted must confirm that they have voted in "OT Presidential Elections 2024 - Third Phase" thread.
Each voter will be provided a unique token after they have voted. Once the results have been announced, a voter may find whom they voted for by their token listed in the voting results.
The voting period will last 7 daysOther general rules
Campaigning and making threads to boost your popularity is allowed. If you're not eligible for voting you may still make threads related to the elections. Debates are allowed.
Buying votes or gaining votes in a unfairly manner will result on a DQ.
The winner of this elections MUST immediately host the parliament elections. They can also just get someone else to do the vote but you get the point it must happen.________________________
Confirmed Candidates
-Patatitta
-Polyspora
-Scyla
-Igorsprite
-IAMACROBA
-Corne2Plum3
I've never outright replaced anything, I've worked with the current system as a base, grown on them, and left the originals intact in case someone wanted to restore it even if that were against my interest. I don't think if it was ill intended I would have replaced them. Also, everything was voted either in parliament or in public.Polyspora wrote:
I don’t think something can be as I’ll intended as rejecting everything we’ve been doing for years only to create your own version of it to your taste.Karmine wrote:
At least one has bad intentions.Ashton wrote:
I will say that I feel a lot of sympathy for potato.
I think some people have said things that go way beyond the scope of RP, even if it wasn't their intention to do so.
RP just simply isn't fun when people use it as an opportunity to be cruel to one another on a personal level.
so can i still vote or run for president...
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if you are in ot eras 2024, yesAsian Warlord wrote:
so can i still vote or run for president...
so I cant vote but I can run for president ight bet ill be the candidatePatatitta wrote:
if you are in ot eras 2024, yesAsian Warlord wrote:
so can i still vote or run for president...
I mean we as abraker and all the past presidents and parliaments who maintained the OFFICIAL hall and did not enforce their own bootleg version of it
Tell me, how many of your voters are active now in OT to see the shit you guys came up with?
Tell me, how many of your voters are active now in OT to see the shit you guys came up with?
Bait used to be believable.Polyspora wrote:
I mean we as abraker and all the past presidents and parliaments who maintained the OFFICIAL hall and did not enforce their own bootleg version of it
Tell me, how many of your voters are active now in OT to see the shit you guys came up with?
give it to me, I won't do anything 👍
chromb wrote:
give it to me, I won't do anything 👍
Nvm I support GMT participating now.chromb wrote:
give it to me, I won't do anything 👍
came back to see scyla and igorsprite throw their hats into the ring
they're probably not winning
they're probably not winning
i think we both should join forcesz0z wrote:
came back to see scyla and igorsprite throw their hats into the ring
they're probably not winning
Polyspora wrote:
Puck_ wrote:
igorsprite wrote:
i think we both should join forcesz0z wrote:
came back to see scyla and igorsprite throw their hats into the ring
they're probably not winning
you and scyla? i think that would make you and scyla even more of a toxic waste barreligorsprite wrote:
i think we both should join forcesz0z wrote:
came back to see scyla and igorsprite throw their hats into the ring
they're probably not winning
actually i dont even want president i just want to answer the questions with minimal effort
Yo sametdze for president, he won't do shit.
we'd be nuclearz0z wrote:
you and scyla? i think that would make you and scyla even more of a toxic waste barreligorsprite wrote:
i think we both should join forcesz0z wrote:
came back to see scyla and igorsprite throw their hats into the ring
they're probably not winning
ok i am now running for president again because of this post, thank you for your motivation carmen sandeagoKarmine wrote:
Yo sametdze for president, he won't do shit.
asametdze wrote:
ok i am now running for president again because of this post, thank you for your motivation carmen sandeagoKarmine wrote:
Yo sametdze for president, he won't do shit.
pata can i run for president mann why am i not a confirmed thingy
A GMT being president is the most pointless thing ever lmfao
He gets it.Tad Fibonacci wrote:
A GMT being president is the most pointless thing ever lmfao
Topic Starter
you're allowed to answer the questions even if you're not a presidential candidatesametdze wrote:
actually i dont even want president i just want to answer the questions with minimal effort
I was sleeping, you can run for president, but do you want to?, like you just said you didn't so i'm confusedsametdze wrote:
pata can i run for president mann why am i not a confirmed thingy
yes i want to run for president, im not confident i'd win but it's fun to participate in these threads so yeahPatatitta wrote:
you're allowed to answer the questions even if you're not a presidential candidatesametdze wrote:
actually i dont even want president i just want to answer the questions with minimal effortI was sleeping, you can run for president, but do you want to?, like you just said you didn't so i'm confusedsametdze wrote:
pata can i run for president mann why am i not a confirmed thingy
Topic Starter
okay added
yo you forgot about me im in the ot!era but you just forgot to put me inPatatitta wrote:
okay added
uuuuh is it here where I say it? I dont wanna run anymore, this is not what I imagined it would be, and even if all of this will be forgotten midterm, I just feel queasy participating.
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rip, acceptedPolyspora wrote:
uuuuh is it here where I say it? I dont wanna run anymore, this is not what I imagined it would be, and even if all of this will be forgotten midterm, I just feel queasy participating.
Just realized that there are little to no new users participating in this election, everyone here is like 3 years+ at this point
Scyla, Igor, Samet or Acroba getting presidency is nail-in-the-coffin for OT, billions must leave.
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Acroba and sametdze probably wouldn't do anything, wouldn't be as bad as whatever the other 2 would do.Ymir wrote:
Scyla, Igor, Samet or Acroba getting presidency is nail-in-the-coffin for OT, billions must leave.
only patatitta is running for president 😭
Damn
hi
let me run so I do absolutely nothing
let me run so I do absolutely nothing
Topic Starter
sureWimpy Cursed wrote:
hi
let me run so I do absolutely nothing
+ pata v poly, and a mixture of gmt moderation woes and mild-but-significant cults of personality centered on current-day internal off-topic politics! threads stirring with awkwardly serious telanovela antagonism between major modern political figures, and their distinct opposing philosophies of governance...
+ a history of gradual institutional reforms to balance the scales of power between moderators and governed denizens while qualifying denizenship further and preserving/updating off-topic customs...
+ a mostly disorganized culture of ambivalent users with variably contrasting niches of interest, perhaps bound together only by collective boredom and entertainment shared with specific acquaintanceships and friendships...
+ roleplay seems to be stuffed in with the antiques, appreciated in the memories and dreams of some but comfortably obsolete to many. i doubt these denizens and dwellers would force the issue at this point
+ third-way candidates soon arise on a whim or by pointed opposition, some are just bored, maybe particularly by presidency or government as institutions in themselves, and run partly to halfheartedly make a point
+ times have changed, denizens and dwellers have changed, politics have changed. so, may the willing live well in the present :)
i intend to run for president!
i don't intend on getting too deep into the weeds for any reason other my own curiosity and interest and i don't intend to force roleplay or government politics into much of any public all-encompassing user-facing service/practice beyond what is largely customary for the people who value it (presidency, denizenship, archived libraries), and while i do believe there is a role to be had in serving as more of an event host for whatever y'all think would be fun, it will probably be more of an optional free sample of things to do or participate in with each other in a social space while you each make your own threads about your interests and your awful awful kinks x')
but for those worried about moderation and user behavior, i also don't intend to be oblivious to extremes in interpersonal abuse or moral bankruptcy or in exercises of power, nor do i intend to allow the neglect of general user experience. for a variety of reasons exemplified through our messy communal history, there ought to be some form of self-preservation in anticipation of distinct threats to the health of our community's users and activities
to this end, i would be responsive to more specific negotiation with moderator teams to root out what the hell went wrong and whether it's more personal or interpersonal rather than systemic, in order to keep these tensions out of the way of any users who may be exhausted by this. if y'like to spectate user or government or moderator drama, there may be correspondence-based events of varied regularity which could be supervised by myself and/or a rotating balance of notable community members depending on the need and circumstance. these would be hosted for the express purpose of hashing out conflict in specific matters, whether in governance or in interpersonal conflicts that involved parties may informally consent to publicizing
rough ideas, really, but i imagine the sentiment of "serve a mixture of spaces/events according to a balance of general community interests and faction-based interests" has been illustrated by now. many suggestions i could make are not-so-much a kind of promise when the community is ever-changing and sometimes self-contradictory. but i largely seek to be some mixture of adaptively open-minded and generally concerned. i would work with whatever parliament i get but i am not interested in letting public decisions be made in a bubble
we are ultimately wandering a corner of a website populated by all sorts of fellow weirdo netizens that variably give any extent of care or concern from "all-in" to "fuck-all" (for some, quite literally), whether they prefer to be on their own or get cliquey, looking on at interesting threads and sating their boredom and curiosity. it would be nice to give them a little bit of something they want to eat
oh yes and im the "arts and culture" candidate in this because i like those things lol <3
i would rather like to avoid fucking up a place where a good variety of people dwell, whether they intend to leave or not. if they do, i hope whatever nearby future spent here would provide both parts peace and entertainment :)
...and if presidency and governance doesn't suit that end, then... we will see what becomes of it, i suppose. let go of what we don't need, right? i'd like to think that kind of thing would be up to you, since you all end up seeing it everywhere across your threads
i was the first president, and maybe i would be the last. but i'm getting ahead of myself. point to what you think you will enjoy or benefit from, pick it out, and have fun~
+ a history of gradual institutional reforms to balance the scales of power between moderators and governed denizens while qualifying denizenship further and preserving/updating off-topic customs...
+ a mostly disorganized culture of ambivalent users with variably contrasting niches of interest, perhaps bound together only by collective boredom and entertainment shared with specific acquaintanceships and friendships...
+ roleplay seems to be stuffed in with the antiques, appreciated in the memories and dreams of some but comfortably obsolete to many. i doubt these denizens and dwellers would force the issue at this point
+ third-way candidates soon arise on a whim or by pointed opposition, some are just bored, maybe particularly by presidency or government as institutions in themselves, and run partly to halfheartedly make a point
+ times have changed, denizens and dwellers have changed, politics have changed. so, may the willing live well in the present :)
i don't intend on getting too deep into the weeds for any reason other my own curiosity and interest and i don't intend to force roleplay or government politics into much of any public all-encompassing user-facing service/practice beyond what is largely customary for the people who value it (presidency, denizenship, archived libraries), and while i do believe there is a role to be had in serving as more of an event host for whatever y'all think would be fun, it will probably be more of an optional free sample of things to do or participate in with each other in a social space while you each make your own threads about your interests and your awful awful kinks x')
but for those worried about moderation and user behavior, i also don't intend to be oblivious to extremes in interpersonal abuse or moral bankruptcy or in exercises of power, nor do i intend to allow the neglect of general user experience. for a variety of reasons exemplified through our messy communal history, there ought to be some form of self-preservation in anticipation of distinct threats to the health of our community's users and activities
to this end, i would be responsive to more specific negotiation with moderator teams to root out what the hell went wrong and whether it's more personal or interpersonal rather than systemic, in order to keep these tensions out of the way of any users who may be exhausted by this. if y'like to spectate user or government or moderator drama, there may be correspondence-based events of varied regularity which could be supervised by myself and/or a rotating balance of notable community members depending on the need and circumstance. these would be hosted for the express purpose of hashing out conflict in specific matters, whether in governance or in interpersonal conflicts that involved parties may informally consent to publicizing
rough ideas, really, but i imagine the sentiment of "serve a mixture of spaces/events according to a balance of general community interests and faction-based interests" has been illustrated by now. many suggestions i could make are not-so-much a kind of promise when the community is ever-changing and sometimes self-contradictory. but i largely seek to be some mixture of adaptively open-minded and generally concerned. i would work with whatever parliament i get but i am not interested in letting public decisions be made in a bubble
we are ultimately wandering a corner of a website populated by all sorts of fellow weirdo netizens that variably give any extent of care or concern from "all-in" to "fuck-all" (for some, quite literally), whether they prefer to be on their own or get cliquey, looking on at interesting threads and sating their boredom and curiosity. it would be nice to give them a little bit of something they want to eat
oh yes and im the "arts and culture" candidate in this because i like those things lol <3
i would rather like to avoid fucking up a place where a good variety of people dwell, whether they intend to leave or not. if they do, i hope whatever nearby future spent here would provide both parts peace and entertainment :)
...and if presidency and governance doesn't suit that end, then... we will see what becomes of it, i suppose. let go of what we don't need, right? i'd like to think that kind of thing would be up to you, since you all end up seeing it everywhere across your threads
i was the first president, and maybe i would be the last. but i'm getting ahead of myself. point to what you think you will enjoy or benefit from, pick it out, and have fun~
due to recent events, I announce my resignation
congrats patatitta 👏👏sametdze wrote:
ladies and gents we have our winner
nobody is voting for ts potato we're all voting for the skeleton lady
Everyone just coming in and out of the race, kinda crazy.
Now pata got a real challenger.
Now pata got a real challenger.
CinemaKarmine wrote:
Everyone just coming in and out of the race, kinda crazy.
Now pata got a real challenger.
you're wrong + insult + sexismsametdze wrote:
nobody is voting for ts potato we're all voting for the skeleton lady
sybauigorsprite wrote:
you're wrong + insult + sexismsametdze wrote:
nobody is voting for ts potato we're all voting for the skeleton lady
yeah, pull out game is crazyKarmine wrote:
Everyone just coming in and out of the race, kinda crazy.
Now pata got a real challenger.
I mean achro has this in the bag let's be honest.
Edut: wait, achro wahmen?
Edut: wait, achro wahmen?
I think achro keeps it ambiguous on purpose, which is funny imo.Ashton wrote:
I mean achro has this in the bag let's be honest.
Edut: wait, achro wahmen?
Pata can still win, but it's not guaranteed anymore.
I personally think Pata have a higher chance of winning than AchroKarmine wrote:
I think achro keeps it ambiguous on purpose, which is funny imo.Ashton wrote:
I mean achro has this in the bag let's be honest.
Edut: wait, achro wahmen?
Pata can still win, but it's not guaranteed anymore.
Absolute Cinema
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I'll vote achromalia probably. They have the most level headed takes in OT most often
ShinRun wrote:
I personally think Pata have a higher chance of winning than Achro
Wait if achro is a female then wouldn’t ghouly most notable achievement which is being OT’s first female president be nullified?
Mf ghouly ain’t have nothing to her name 😭
Mf ghouly ain’t have nothing to her name 😭
I forgot Ghouly even existed lol xd
literally i could do that and more while making all the festive decor x') and class is probably getting weekly opt-in choices for field trips and diversions as well as mix-and-match lectures for subjects of interestsametdze wrote:
achro, will you drop an end of term class party?
hey??? this is Serious Politics Business???Karmine wrote:
I think achro keeps it ambiguous on purpose, which is funny imo.Ashton wrote:
Edut: wait, achro wahmen?
mm but youre kinda right though
im almost kinda surprised i had the effect i did... but i did suspect it while letting my intentions be knownShinRun wrote:
I personally think Pata have a higher chance of winning than AchroKarmine wrote:
Pata can still win, but it's not guaranteed anymore.Ashton wrote:
I mean achro has this in the bag let's be honest.
im interested more in the awkward moment i'll definitely have immediately after this, because i think that will largely describe the interests of this community more and i am particularly invested in seeing the outcome of what i think that subject is and what its consequences will be
in the meantime im busy urgh but ill write more later
Not unless I come inShinRun wrote:
I personally think Pata have a higher chance of winning than AchroKarmine wrote:
I think achro keeps it ambiguous on purpose, which is funny imo.Ashton wrote:
I mean achro has this in the bag let's be honest.
Edut: wait, achro wahmen?
Pata can still win, but it's not guaranteed anymore.
If Achro does win then there will be quite a shift since Achro seems to be leaning towards a more laissez faire system while Pata was a lot more hands on
Democratic capitalism vs Nationalist SocialismShinRun wrote:
If Achro does win then there will be quite a shift since Achro seems to be leaning towards a more laissez faire system while Pata was a lot more hands on
You two truly are the political theorists of all timeTad Fibonacci wrote:
Democratic capitalism vs Nationalist SocialismShinRun wrote:
If Achro does win then there will be quite a shift since Achro seems to be leaning towards a more laissez faire system while Pata was a lot more hands on
Achro is pretty much a sealed deal honestly
Most of the "fun" has already happened. I think I'm right in believing this to be the most eventful election.IAMACROBA wrote:
It’s gonna be a fun couple of weeks ladies and gentlemen.
Topic Starter
yeah no I lost gg everyone, I don't mind achromalia being president tho
You know what? same.Patatitta wrote:
yeah no I lost gg everyone, I don't mind achromalia being president tho
ah the questions sheet was finally updated, it seemed so empty at first x') in fairness, i really did not know whether i would have any interest in adding questions when i could ask them at literally any time as the need arises. anyway i like them a lot, i anticipate some more ^^
this reads to me like the sight of a murder of crows perching and scavenging at the corpses of carnage at a very convenient time, i had this belief that it would defuse tension by way of not being immediately relevant and not really forming significant grudges but,, it kind of already resolved itself?? which, while it was eventful, i think i appreciate the peace of easily enjoying the election event alongside other threads
...that being said, this probably could have been redirected without confusing and provoking nearly as many people, i don't know how many people enjoy it but i find it a bit useless/disappointing to have users angered in their isolated spaces and unable to enjoy anything here either by scrutiny/ridicule or their own frustration with other obstinate or contentious figures. perhaps it could be prevented and resolved entirely, if future paricipants in arguments want it. lessons learned, i trust
this reads to me like the sight of a murder of crows perching and scavenging at the corpses of carnage at a very convenient time, i had this belief that it would defuse tension by way of not being immediately relevant and not really forming significant grudges but,, it kind of already resolved itself?? which, while it was eventful, i think i appreciate the peace of easily enjoying the election event alongside other threads
...that being said, this probably could have been redirected without confusing and provoking nearly as many people, i don't know how many people enjoy it but i find it a bit useless/disappointing to have users angered in their isolated spaces and unable to enjoy anything here either by scrutiny/ridicule or their own frustration with other obstinate or contentious figures. perhaps it could be prevented and resolved entirely, if future paricipants in arguments want it. lessons learned, i trust
I added quite a few questions.
For what I intent to do as president I'll still wait a couple of days, analysing how OT is going and find the best solutions.
For what I intent to do as president I'll still wait a couple of days, analysing how OT is going and find the best solutions.
Ymir wrote:
I forgot Ghouly even existed lol xd
Topic Starter
yesIAMACROBA wrote:
we answer the questions publicly in the next phase, no?
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Even candidates are gonna vote achro instead of themselves. 
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i'm not removing anyone unless they explicitely tell me toIAMACROBA wrote:
and to be 100% clear
just because i personally want out next president to be achro, does not mean i rescind my candidacy.
i still fully intend to run i’m just being transparent with the community.
a ghost merely doing ghosty things 👻ghoulybits wrote:
Ymir wrote:
I forgot Ghouly even existed lol xd
Excuse you, I'm clearly a ghoul.abraker wrote:
a ghost merely doing ghosty things 👻ghoulybits wrote:
Ymir wrote:
I forgot Ghouly even existed lol xd
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Ghouly be like:
That's not what I see in this historic photo circa 2021ghoulybits wrote:
Excuse you, I'm clearly a ghoul.abraker wrote:
a ghost merely doing ghosty things 👻ghoulybits wrote:
Ymir wrote:
I forgot Ghouly even existed lol xd
ghoulybits wrote:
Excuse you, I'm clearly a ghoul.abraker wrote:
a ghost merely doing ghosty things 👻ghoulybits wrote:
Ymir wrote:
I forgot Ghouly even existed lol xd
the america ghoul
No.Reyalp51 wrote:
lets all vote scyla it would be funny
aightReyalp51 wrote:
lets all vote abraker it would be funny
Wait I don't remember becoming a candidate- Marco - wrote:
aightReyalp51 wrote:
lets all vote abraker it would be funny
Not that I'm complaining, but it would be odd
too late the deep state already decidedabraker wrote:
Wait I don't remember becoming a candidate- Marco - wrote:
aightReyalp51 wrote:
lets all vote abraker it would be funny
Not that I'm complaining, but it would be odd
mad scientists never leave the lab they were born in <3- Marco - wrote:
too late the deep state already decidedabraker wrote:
Wait I don't remember becoming a candidate- Marco - wrote:
aightReyalp51 wrote:
lets all vote abraker it would be funny
Not that I'm complaining, but it would be odd
aight, im running for president
cuz im getting bored at OT, so participating would be fun
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with only a few hours left to go, acceptedreffty_gag wrote:
aight, im running for president
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the questions listed are NOT whitelisted, they're just ALL that were submited, the whitelisting process beings now, tho I will say only "how can i see without eye ope?" is going to be removedAchromalia wrote:
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Phase 2 starting now, decided just to update this thread since I think it's going to be more clear, last year I did the same with parliament and I personally like this format.
Anyways, phase 2, every contestant must answer every single question, 6 questions will be asked daily, that rhythm may be incraesed depending on how many new questiosn are asked. The cutoff date for all questions will be friday. No new batch will be released on saturday, to give every contestant at least 24 hours to answer each questions. You don't need to have every questions answered at the end of each day, just have everything answered by the end of the week.
To answer the question, just quote the question, or say which are you refeering to in a way that is clear for everyone that you're answering the question. Non candidates may also answer the question. You may also ask questions in here, but don't expect them to get whitelisted, to do that, please use the form, it's just to keep things more organized.
There is no word limit or requirement for your answers.
Also, technically phase 1 isn't over for another hour so yeah, if you want to register, now it's the last chance!, if you've backed down in the past, you may still join now.
Anyways, phase 2, every contestant must answer every single question, 6 questions will be asked daily, that rhythm may be incraesed depending on how many new questiosn are asked. The cutoff date for all questions will be friday. No new batch will be released on saturday, to give every contestant at least 24 hours to answer each questions. You don't need to have every questions answered at the end of each day, just have everything answered by the end of the week.
To answer the question, just quote the question, or say which are you refeering to in a way that is clear for everyone that you're answering the question. Non candidates may also answer the question. You may also ask questions in here, but don't expect them to get whitelisted, to do that, please use the form, it's just to keep things more organized.
There is no word limit or requirement for your answers.
Also, technically phase 1 isn't over for another hour so yeah, if you want to register, now it's the last chance!, if you've backed down in the past, you may still join now.
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- Why are you running for president?
I am the former president, I like the changes I did, and I would like them for those changes to stay another year, and the best way to do that is to run myself again
- anything new you have in mind for OT?
Not really no, I think ot is in a good state. If I wanted to do more chages, I would have done it by now, i've also not really seen many people during my term saying "Ohhhhhhh the government should do x and y", sure, you had people saying to revert the changes I did, but not to do extra, so I think this is the right choice
- will you exile users who keeps making threads in less than 24 hours?
Exiling someone is more complicated than you are led to believe, gmt really DONT like exiling people, even someone like jangsodloor, the gov pushed for them to be banned months before their inevitable osu ban and it was unsuccessful, they only became exiled after a force external to OT pushed for it to be exiled. Aditionally, abraker shadow removed jangsodloor from exieled hours before they actually got banned, which was pretty comical. But yeah, even if I wanted to push this change, I don't think it's possible.
- Do you believe formal rules or guidelines should be put in place for, among other things: Thread quality, respect between OT members, preventing bad influences on minors? Why or why not?
Let's divide this questions in parts
Thread quality
Absolutely not, mainly because there is no way to objectively define the thread quality. You may say "ohhhhhh scyla threads are clearly awful we should go scorched earth on them" but even for that, there are people engaging with scyla threads. At the end of the day you just need someone who works as a judge for thread quality, and from all the years OT have been in the hand of a single overlord, it isn't the best system, it's heavily biased, it feels bad whenever you get a thread locked that you thought it was good, and I don't think it's even going to help anyone, because as we have seen, getting your thread locked has had 0 effect on people to stop producing said threads. People were getting their threads locked every single time yet they would still post them.
The other option would be having a system like my thread "Rate your OT thread", where threads under a certain threshold are locked, but how do we guarantee transparency on that?, if the rating system is public, people will just try to farm it, like it happened with rate your OT thread, and if it's private, how do you guys know we're not lying?. It also requires a certain ammount of people to be rating every single thread for the system to work, and I don't think we cant expect people to go to every ot thread and rate them if they should be locked or not forever and ever.
It's a mess, and I think how OT operates right now with few locks + appeal for locks is ideal.
- respect between OT members
This already exists, it's in the OT rules, I assume the person asking this question assumes it's not enough, probably because of the drama that happened when I didn't let GMT participate. And for that I say that's not really a example that you can extrapolate to the whole of OT, because in that person, the people arguing where gmts, they were above the law.
Now, excluding that specific scenario, do I think there is not enough enforcement of this in OT?, not really, last year has probably the chillest i've seen OT in a while. However I will say, remember that the report button exists, if you see someone annoying you and you feel they should face consequences, report it.
- Preventing bad influences on minors
By default, osu does not have a age requirement, however, the specific countries do have laws on how old do you need to be before you start using social media and stuff, and the most common of those requirements, and the one I agree the most is 13yo+, I do think we should enforce OT for all the content to be 13+
Now, I know why you're asking the question, I know you're probably not happy with my 13+ answer, mainly arguing that there are people in OT who are less than 13 even if they dont publicly admit it. This is not something I can enforce, mainly because I know everyone would be against it, but I would personally simply not let these people into OT, I would exile them, I would do whatever to make sure they dont get in
why?, because OT is the wild west, yes, we may have very strong enforcement but unless that enforcement is lighting quick, someone under that age may still be exposed to that content, not only that, but it's quite literally a crime. I don't think it's realistic for everyone in OT, a forum where most people are over that age of 13, to adapt their speech to be suitable to someone who is 8yo who should not by law be admitted on there.
- Why do you believe you should be the president over the other candidates?
I disagree with the premise of this question. I don't think i'm morally entitled or an bojectively better choice than anyone else, however, I don't think it's narcicistic to say the person I trust the most is myself, and I if want to see the changes I want to see, it is I who should run in the race. So in short, I don't think anyone is a better candidate than anyone else morally, but I still enjoy my own policies the most.
- If you couldn't vote for youself, who would you vote for?
Achromalia, I like them as a person, I think they're one of the less erratic ot users and most level headed ones, and in adition they always write their whoooole thought process before typing anything, and honestly, even if they do changes I dislike, I don't think I can even be mad at them, so yeah, it's achromalia.
I am the former president, I like the changes I did, and I would like them for those changes to stay another year, and the best way to do that is to run myself again
- anything new you have in mind for OT?
Not really no, I think ot is in a good state. If I wanted to do more chages, I would have done it by now, i've also not really seen many people during my term saying "Ohhhhhhh the government should do x and y", sure, you had people saying to revert the changes I did, but not to do extra, so I think this is the right choice
- will you exile users who keeps making threads in less than 24 hours?
Exiling someone is more complicated than you are led to believe, gmt really DONT like exiling people, even someone like jangsodloor, the gov pushed for them to be banned months before their inevitable osu ban and it was unsuccessful, they only became exiled after a force external to OT pushed for it to be exiled. Aditionally, abraker shadow removed jangsodloor from exieled hours before they actually got banned, which was pretty comical. But yeah, even if I wanted to push this change, I don't think it's possible.
- Do you believe formal rules or guidelines should be put in place for, among other things: Thread quality, respect between OT members, preventing bad influences on minors? Why or why not?
Let's divide this questions in parts
Thread quality
Absolutely not, mainly because there is no way to objectively define the thread quality. You may say "ohhhhhh scyla threads are clearly awful we should go scorched earth on them" but even for that, there are people engaging with scyla threads. At the end of the day you just need someone who works as a judge for thread quality, and from all the years OT have been in the hand of a single overlord, it isn't the best system, it's heavily biased, it feels bad whenever you get a thread locked that you thought it was good, and I don't think it's even going to help anyone, because as we have seen, getting your thread locked has had 0 effect on people to stop producing said threads. People were getting their threads locked every single time yet they would still post them.
The other option would be having a system like my thread "Rate your OT thread", where threads under a certain threshold are locked, but how do we guarantee transparency on that?, if the rating system is public, people will just try to farm it, like it happened with rate your OT thread, and if it's private, how do you guys know we're not lying?. It also requires a certain ammount of people to be rating every single thread for the system to work, and I don't think we cant expect people to go to every ot thread and rate them if they should be locked or not forever and ever.
It's a mess, and I think how OT operates right now with few locks + appeal for locks is ideal.
- respect between OT members
This already exists, it's in the OT rules, I assume the person asking this question assumes it's not enough, probably because of the drama that happened when I didn't let GMT participate. And for that I say that's not really a example that you can extrapolate to the whole of OT, because in that person, the people arguing where gmts, they were above the law.
Now, excluding that specific scenario, do I think there is not enough enforcement of this in OT?, not really, last year has probably the chillest i've seen OT in a while. However I will say, remember that the report button exists, if you see someone annoying you and you feel they should face consequences, report it.
- Preventing bad influences on minors
By default, osu does not have a age requirement, however, the specific countries do have laws on how old do you need to be before you start using social media and stuff, and the most common of those requirements, and the one I agree the most is 13yo+, I do think we should enforce OT for all the content to be 13+
Now, I know why you're asking the question, I know you're probably not happy with my 13+ answer, mainly arguing that there are people in OT who are less than 13 even if they dont publicly admit it. This is not something I can enforce, mainly because I know everyone would be against it, but I would personally simply not let these people into OT, I would exile them, I would do whatever to make sure they dont get in
why?, because OT is the wild west, yes, we may have very strong enforcement but unless that enforcement is lighting quick, someone under that age may still be exposed to that content, not only that, but it's quite literally a crime. I don't think it's realistic for everyone in OT, a forum where most people are over that age of 13, to adapt their speech to be suitable to someone who is 8yo who should not by law be admitted on there.
- Why do you believe you should be the president over the other candidates?
I disagree with the premise of this question. I don't think i'm morally entitled or an bojectively better choice than anyone else, however, I don't think it's narcicistic to say the person I trust the most is myself, and I if want to see the changes I want to see, it is I who should run in the race. So in short, I don't think anyone is a better candidate than anyone else morally, but I still enjoy my own policies the most.
- If you couldn't vote for youself, who would you vote for?
Achromalia, I like them as a person, I think they're one of the less erratic ot users and most level headed ones, and in adition they always write their whoooole thought process before typing anything, and honestly, even if they do changes I dislike, I don't think I can even be mad at them, so yeah, it's achromalia.